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You should be able to run a Gigabit network by connecting all of your devices to a Gigabit switch. Only the connection from switch to router (and any devices with 100Mbps adapters) would continue to run at 100Mbps.

Let me get this right. I'll get a gig switch and connect everything to that and then connect that to the router which will allow internet access to all my devices but will be capped at 100meg which should be plenty for my measley 4meg internet connection.

Although I was discussing this exact issue with a computer engineer about a week ago, I haven't actually used a Gigabit switch. It shouldn't require anything too costly, have a look on Amazon or eBuyer.

To be honest, I don't know what read/write speeds you should be getting. My only experience with Gigabit is connecting two computers directly with a crossover ethernet cable. Transferring files between the PCs was very fast compared with going via the router's 100Mbps LAN ports.

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